space science students gaze at blood moon
During the early hours of dawn on Tuesday, Apr. 15th most students at school were fast asleep in their beds, unaware of the scarlet tinged moon that blazed in the sky above them.
However, Dr. Heilig’s Space Science class was not only conscious of this celestial marvel, they were observing the lunar eclipse from the SPA campus itself, engaging in a kind of sleepover-slash-eclipse party in the dead of the night.
“It’s the first time we’ve had something like this,” Space Science teacher Steve Heilig said “We brought food, we had movies, but we didn’t watch them…[during the eclipse] we went to the courtyard to look through the telescopes, the students were so excited about it.”
The lunar eclipse that the Space Science class (among other stargazers around the world) witnessed was “not a common thing, but not really rare either,” according to Dr. Heilig; it was the first lunar eclipse of 2014, one of a minimum of two that can occur within a single year.
“There’s a difference between classroom learning and experiential learning,” a member of the Space Science class, Bilal Askari said “It was really very enjoyable and educational.”
Photo Submitted by: Steve Heilig
However, Dr. Heilig’s Space Science class was not only conscious of this celestial marvel, they were observing the lunar eclipse from the SPA campus itself, engaging in a kind of sleepover-slash-eclipse party in the dead of the night.
“It’s the first time we’ve had something like this,” Space Science teacher Steve Heilig said “We brought food, we had movies, but we didn’t watch them…[during the eclipse] we went to the courtyard to look through the telescopes, the students were so excited about it.”
The lunar eclipse that the Space Science class (among other stargazers around the world) witnessed was “not a common thing, but not really rare either,” according to Dr. Heilig; it was the first lunar eclipse of 2014, one of a minimum of two that can occur within a single year.
“There’s a difference between classroom learning and experiential learning,” a member of the Space Science class, Bilal Askari said “It was really very enjoyable and educational.”
Photo Submitted by: Steve Heilig